## [Kanban Board Diagrams in Confluence with Mermaid (Copy-Paste)](/blog/mermaid-kanban-board-workflow-confluence.md)

September 24, 2026 ·

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The sprint board on the wall shows 40 items in "In Progress" and the rulebook says "we limit WIP" and nobody agrees on what the limit is. The board is honest; the *documentation* is aspirational. A Kanban diagram in the wiki is the board as a spec — columns, limits, and the rework paths drawn so the workflow is a claim the team can argue with.

**Quick answer:** document the team's board in Confluence as a Mermaid `kanban`, rendered by [Mermaid Plus for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1236814/mermaid-plus-diagrams-for-confluence/). Columns as headings, work items as indented cards; the workflow *rules* (who may move what, when, including rework) as a `stateDiagram` on the same page. This post gives you three copy-paste examples.

**Tags:**

* [confluence](/blog/tags/confluence.md)
* [mermaid](/blog/tags/mermaid.md)
* [kanban](/blog/tags/kanban.md)
* [workflow](/blog/tags/workflow.md)
* [state-diagram](/blog/tags/state-diagram.md)
* [agile](/blog/tags/agile.md)
* [how-to](/blog/tags/how-to.md)

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